Ionic Temple and Obelisk in Chiswick Park is a Grade I listed building in the Hounslow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1973. A C18 Temple.

Ionic Temple and Obelisk in Chiswick Park

WRENN ID
guardian-ashlar-umber
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Hounslow
Constituency
Hammersmith and Chiswick MP: Andy Slaughter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1973
Type
Temple
Period
C18
Address
Ionic Temple and Obelisk in Chiswick Park, Burlington Lane W4
OS grid reference
TQ 208 775
Coordinates
51.48412, -0.26076
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ionic Temple and Obelisk in Chiswick Park is an 18th-century circular domed brick temple featuring a tetrastyle portico. It has a stylobate with seven steps, fluted Ionic columns, and an entablature that includes a carved basso relievo frieze and a pediment. The temple also has a round-headed arch and semi-circular half-domed alcoves on the side walls. Restoration work is currently underway as of 1968. The temple is positioned facing a circular pond, which has a stone obelisk on a plinth at its center. The temple, along with Chiswick House and its garden buildings and ornaments, forms a cohesive group.

Local climate

Ionic Temple and Obelisk in Chiswick Park sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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